{"id":1624,"date":"2016-02-12T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2016-02-12T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:50:31","slug":"be-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Be Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know those rare times when you read an article, and inside you\u2019re thinking \u201cYES! YES! YES!\u201d<\/p>\n

This is one of those articles. \u201cSpeed as Habit<\/a>\u201d by Dave Girouard, CEO of Upstart, former president of Google Enterprise Apps. He starts with General Patton\u2019s quote:<\/p>\n

\u201cA good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some great points he makes that I love:<\/p>\n

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  1. Challenge the when<\/strong>. He says \u201cI\u2019m always shocked by how many plans and action items come out of meetings without being assigned due dates.\u201d His suggestion: ask \u201cWhy can\u2019t this be done sooner?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Read the hilarious story about an interaction with Tim Cook about a problem in China. Exactly.<\/li>\n
  3. Recognize and remove dependencies<\/strong>: that is your job if you are the project lead. Clear the way for your team.<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cPull out and stomp on the complicating pieces of the puzzle<\/strong>.\u201d There is always one feature\/requirement which is so complex that it requires 12 weeks of UAT. Also known as \u201cthe long pole in the tent.\u201d I once was in that situation: I went to the senior folks and let them know we had a choice: Be on time without the feature, be late with it. We went without it\u2026it was a 2 second decision that my team had been agonizing over for weeks.<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cRally support for decisions<\/strong>\u201d-\u201cHelp me understand why something would take so long?<\/em>\u201d My favorite question to ask is \u201cIf resources and money were unlimited, what would you do to get this done faster?\u201d Sometimes people may think they can’t get more help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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